Architecture of the Renaissance

Leonardo Benevolo

ISBN 10: 0710080360 / ISBN 13: 9780710080363

Published by Routledge Kegan & Paul, 1978

Translation by Judith Landy of "Storia dell'Architettura del Rinascimento" (Giuseppe Laterza & Figli, 1973), from the second, revised Italian edition. Two-volume edition. Each volume, measuring approximately 8" x 10", is bound in black cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Books and dust jackets are in fine condition. Text appears in double columns. This edition includes bibliographical references and index. Profusely illustrated. viii/1077 pages. "This extensively illustrated study opens with an account of the movement's founders: Brunelleschi, arbiter of Florence's building problems, and Alberti, who supplied the new architecture with a suitable theoretical foundation. The editor considers the general effect of the new artistic culture on the changes that took place first in fifteenth-century Italian cities and then throughout Europe. The relationship between the development of architecture and that of other related fields, especially the great advances in painting and sculpture, receives special attention. Also considered are the effects of the beginnings of modern science and the general economic and social changes of the age. This study takes the reader to the point where the history of modern architecture begins". Seller Inventory # ABE-1670085298029

Synopsis:

This extensively illustrated study opens with an account of the movement's founders: Brunelleschi, arbiter of Florence's building problems, and Alberti, who supplied the new architecture with a suitable theoretical foundation. The editor considers the general effect of the new artistic culture on the changes that took place first in fifteenth-century Italian cities and then throughout Europe.
The relationship between the development of architecture and that of other related fields, especially the great advances in painting and sculpture, receives special attention. Also considered are the effects of the beginnings of modern science and the general economic and social changes of the age. Finally this study takes the reader to the point where the history of modern architecture, discussed in volumes of the same name by Professor Benevolo, begins.

About the Author: Leonardo Benevolo has held positions as Professor of the History of Architecture at the universities of Florence, Venice and Palermo, and visiting professorships at the universities of Yale, Columbia, Caracas, Tehran, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo. His many books include "The Origins of Modern Urbanism" (10th edition 1989), "An Introduction to Architecture" (14th edition 1990), "The History of Architecture and the Renaissance" (7th edition 1988) and "The History of the Oriental City" (2nd edition 1989).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Architecture of the Renaissance
Publisher: Routledge Kegan & Paul
Publication Date: 1978
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: 1st Edition